Gun attachment



Sept. '18, 1934.

" G. 1.. JESSUP GUN- ATTACHMENT Filed March 21, 1923 Patented Sept. 18,1934 it STATES rAreN-r ig 2 Claims.

The invention relates to gun attachments and particularly to the stocksthereof, and has for its object to provide, in combination with a gunstock, a license plate holder in the form of a i sleeve encircling thestock and preferably laced thereon, and provided with a pocket in oneside thereof, adapted to receive a license such as a hunting license orother articles.

A further object is to provide the sleeve with 14 an extension flapadapted to arch the rear side of the stock and to hold in engagementwith the arm engaging portion of the stock shoulder pads.

A further object is to form the pads from triangular shaped membersadapted to be arranged in various positions according to the shoulder ofthe operator.

A further object is to form the pad holding flap sufficiently longwhereby it will engage under the sleeve at one side of the stock and toprovide the flap with means for anchoring the pads thereto.

A further object is to provide the sleeve with a baggy pocket on oneside so that when the sleeve is tightly laced around the gun stock,access may be easily had to the pocket.

A further object is to provide the rear end of the pocket with anopening having a corner flap closure and provided with fastener meanscooperating with fastener means on the sleeve.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within 35 the scopeof what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, showing the same appliedto a conventional form of gun stock.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the sleeve.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the sleeve.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a pair of triangular shaped pads,showing the same arranged 45 as a rectangular shaped pad.

Figure 5 shows another arrangement of the pads.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the stock of aconventional form of gun 50 and 2 the arm engaging portion thereof. The

stock at its forward end is provided with a conventional form of pistolgrip 3, the rear end 4 of which forms means for preventing forwarddisplacement or creeping of the sleeve 5 on the stock 1 by engagementtherewith, at 6.

It has been found that hunters have no place to carry, and properlyprotect their hunting license and other small items, and to obviate thisdiificulty the sleeve 5 is provided, which is preferably formed frompliable material, for instance gm, leather and is adapted to encirclethe stock 1 and to be held into close engagement therewith by a lacing7, which passes through the eyelets 8, as clearly shown in Figure 2.Sleeve 5 is formed from a single piece of leather and at one do end andone side thereof is provided with a flap 9, adapted to arch the armengaging portion 2 of the stock as clearly shown in Figure 1 and holdtriangular shaped pads 10 which may be variously arranged for absorbingthe recoil and pro- 1Q tecting the shoulder. Flap 9 is provided withapertures 11 for the reception of securing strings 12 for holding thepads in position through apertures 12a in the pads. It is to beunderstood that any number of pads may be used, or they may 15 be leftout, leaving the retaining strap. Flap 9 tucks under the pocket side ofthe sleeve as clearly shown in Figure 1, and laces thereto throughapertures 9a and 9b. The hunting license or other papers to be preservedmay be placed in the waterproof container 14 within the pocket, therebypreserving the same under all weather conditions. The sleeve and pocketmay be made of waterproof material.

Pocket 13 is formed from a single sheet of material, stitched at 14, 15and 16 to one side of the sleeve. It will be noted that the stitching 16is through a flange 17 which terminates spaced from the rear end of thesleeve and is turned under, thereby forming a baggy portion 18 in thepocket, and at the same time a triangularly shaped flap 19 havingfastener means 20 adapted to cooperate with fastener means 21 carried bythe sleeve, thereby allowing ready access to the pocket at all times.

From the above it will be seen that a license carrying sleeve isprovided for gun stocks, which is simple in construction, the partsreduced to a minimum, and one which may be cheaply manufactured andsold. It will also be seen that forward displacement of the sleeve onthe gun stock will be prevented by engagement with the portion 4 of thepistol grip, should it be desirable to remove by cutting, the extensionstrip encasing the butt plate when used on guns with a pistol gripstock.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. A sleeve for encircling a, gun stock, said sleeve comprising meansfor contracting said I sleeve onto a stock, an extension member carriedand fastener means for attaching saidfiap to the sleeve.

2. A sleeve for forwardly tapered gun stocks having a pistol gripforming a projection, said around said stock in close engagementtherewith and engaging the pistol gripextension, a pocket carried bysaid sleeve for the reception of articles,

an extension flap carried by one side of vthe sleeve and arching therear end of a stock, a pad between said extension flap and the rear endof a stock, means for attaching said pad vto the extension member andmeans for attaching the extension member to the other side of thesleeve.

I GEORGE LEROY JESSUP.

sleeve comprising a pliable member extending

